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Olympic TV announcers: Go Russia! Booooo USA!
CNBC ^ | 6 Feb 2014 | Dina Gusovsky

Posted on 02/09/2014 12:43:16 PM PST by MeshugeMikey

As the young Olympic gymnast competed in the all-arounds, the TV announcer said: "She messed up really well. This is so good, she got another deduction of points."

Not the type of attitude you'd normally expect from a TV sports commentator. Unless the announcer is Russian, and the athlete is an American.

Before Russian gymnast Viktoria Komova did her vault, Ivanova announced: "Vikochka (sweet Vicky), show these Americans how it should be done."

After Komova made mistakes in her routine, Ivanova remarked with: "She made a few mistakes, but we did not notice them."

(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: 2014olympics; antiamericanism; sochi
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but we did not notice them....

a russian version of Sgt Schultz

1 posted on 02/09/2014 12:43:16 PM PST by MeshugeMikey
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To: MeshugeMikey
"She made a few mistakes, but we did not notice them.

Uhhh.....

2 posted on 02/09/2014 12:47:13 PM PST by Pinkbell
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To: MeshugeMikey

Sounds like US media coverage of Obama.


3 posted on 02/09/2014 12:47:49 PM PST by jtal (Runnin' a World in Need with White Folks' Greed - since 1492)
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To: MeshugeMikey

‘Unless the announcer is Russian”

Taught by the Masters (MSM)


4 posted on 02/09/2014 12:49:45 PM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.)
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To: jtal

She got word that O’ is going tax any medal they win.


5 posted on 02/09/2014 12:49:59 PM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: MeshugeMikey

As if NBC announcers aren’t homers.


6 posted on 02/09/2014 12:50:09 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: MeshugeMikey
to be fair, it's a Russian tv station broadcasting to a Russia audience and not for international consumption, so they nave no need to sound impartial and are simply cheering the home team...

something you won't see in the American L$M

7 posted on 02/09/2014 12:51:14 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: MeshugeMikey

If Putin want my vote in 2016 (assuming Hillary vs NJFatboy) then they need to play nice....


8 posted on 02/09/2014 12:51:28 PM PST by nascarnation (I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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To: dfwgator

Homers or homos?

NBC cheers, but only for the “right” people.


9 posted on 02/09/2014 12:52:10 PM PST by henkster (Communists never negotiate.)
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To: henkster
Homers or homos?

Yes.

10 posted on 02/09/2014 12:54:24 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator
I care so little about the olympics that I came here to share that sentiment with you all.
11 posted on 02/09/2014 12:59:35 PM PST by bicyclerepair (TERM LIMITS .......... TERM LIMITS .......... TERM LIMITS .......... TERM LIMITS)
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To: Chode

Reminds me of the Chinese Dodgeball announcers on South Park.

CHINESE SPORTSCASTER
Okay, Tom rooks rike the Americans
are getting ready to play... I don’t
suppose they’ll have any problems
SEEING the ball with their BIG
American Eyes!

The two sportscasters laugh.

CHINESE SPORTSCASTER 2
Yea! Good thing they have those big
eyes so they don’t have to rely on
that AMAZING AMERICAN INTELLECT!!

The laugh even harder.

CHINESE SPORTSCASTER
Oh, you say such things.

CHINESE SPORTSCASTER 2
That’s a zinger!

CHINESE SPORTSCASTER
Hey, hey, what you call white American
person with P.H.D. in Physics and
math?

CHINESE SPORTSCASTER 2
I don’t know, what?

CHINESE SPORTSCASTER
Stupid American!

ANNOUNCER
OH! Another American is down! It’s,
number... uh... Oh I don’t know all
Americans look alike!

STAN
OH MY GOD THEY KILLED KENNY!

CHINESE ANNOUNCER
Oh my, I haven’t seen an American
die like that since Abraham Lincoln!

CHINESE ANNOUNCER 2
Dude! That is not cool. You’re gonna
get us into trouble again!


12 posted on 02/09/2014 12:59:48 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: MeshugeMikey

Gymnastics is not an event at the Winter Olympics. This CNBC report is talking about what Russian announcers say to their own audience during all Olympic broadcasts. I wonder if CNBC has ever done a piece on what their sister network, MSNBC announcers say to their own audience?


13 posted on 02/09/2014 1:01:19 PM PST by centurion316
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To: dfwgator
LOLOL... ABSOLUTELY 100%!!!
14 posted on 02/09/2014 1:07:38 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Sorry, but any sport that relies on judgment is not a sport. Boxing should be the last man standing to be a sport to me. I guess figure skating or gymnastics will never be a sport in my book unless..........................


15 posted on 02/09/2014 1:08:48 PM PST by Starstruck (If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
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To: Starstruck

The one sport I really enjoyed watching yesterday was the Biathlon....Skiing and Shooting.


16 posted on 02/09/2014 1:13:07 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: MeshugeMikey
The commentator IS Russian...former Russian gymnast Lidiya Gavrilovna Ivanova.

So why is this a surprise? Why is this news?

17 posted on 02/09/2014 1:13:29 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts ("The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it." - George Orwell)
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To: dfwgator
"Ohhhh....that's a bad miss."


18 posted on 02/09/2014 1:17:29 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts ("The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it." - George Orwell)
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To: dfwgator
The one sport I really enjoyed watching yesterday was the Biathlon....Skiing and Shooting.

What were they using for targets? Pictures of...

Oh, forget it.

19 posted on 02/09/2014 1:18:29 PM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: MeshugeMikey; Pride in the USA
Here's the Russian Interior Ministry Police Dept Choir singing "Get Lucky" at the Olympics Opening Ceremony.

This really happened. It's one of the funniest things ever!

http://www.nbcolympics.com/ktvz/video/russian-police-choir-performs-get-lucky-opening-ceremony

20 posted on 02/09/2014 1:19:42 PM PST by lonevoice (We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality)
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